AIPAC offers political leadership training that gives pro-Israel students the tools they need to be effective. From intensive seminars in Washington, D.C. where students meet with members of Congress, to rigorous trips to Israel where these up-and-coming activists can learn about the issues affecting Israel first-hand, AIPAC prepares young leaders to help build the pro-Israel community on and beyond the campus. AIPAC also offers special student programs annually at Policy Conference, the nation's most widely-attended pro-Israel event.
For more than 20 summers, AIPAC has been hosting an elite speaker series and premier networking opportunity for Washington-based interns interested in the U.S.-Israel relationship. At each seminar, hundreds of politically active students gather to hear White House officials, members of Congress, high-profile journalists and other influentials discuss the U.S.-Israel alliance, politics and additional topical issues. Each seminar allows ample time for D.C. interns to meet each other and learn more about each other's summer activities.
AIPAC's premier student political leadership training seminar, presented through its Schusterman Advocacy Institute, is held twice each year in Washington, D.C. More than three hundred of AIPAC's top student activists from over 100 campuses participate in three days of intense grassroots political and advocacy training. During this seminar, students meet with top Washington policy makers, elected officials, and Middle East experts.
An intensive experience, the Advanced Advocacy Mission is designed for students who have previously traveled to Israel. Leading policy makers, media experts, and opinion elites provide sophisticated training for undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing careers or community leadership positions in the fields of Israel advocacy, public affairs, and policy formulation.
The AIPAC Campus Allies Mission is uniquely designed for student leaders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Christian Campuses, Hispanic Association Colleges and Universities, AIPAC campus activists not eligible for AIPAC's birthright Israel program, as well as campus political leaders. Participants will walk the land of the Bible, gain a deeper understanding of the strategic and social issues facing Israel today, and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the U.S.-Israel alliance.
This mission creates a nexus between participants' political and personal identities by fusing their experience in American politics with their first formal experience with the Jewish state. Mission participants are pro-Israel activists-young adults who are significantly involved in the American political process-who have not previously traveled to Israel.
AIPAC's Diamond Internship Program enables students to contribute to strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship by participating in one of the most dynamic lobbying groups in American politics. AIPAC offers Diamond Internships in Washington, D.C. and around the country for undergraduate and graduate students. Diamond Summer Internships are paid positions and semester internships are for credit only. Diamond Interns develop their own political activism skills by bringing research, writing, and event-planning experience to a host of projects that help advance AIPAC's mission. When they return to their campuses, Diamond Interns are expected to promote pro-Israel political action as AIPAC portfolioed activists.
If you really want to make a difference, the AIPAC Diamond Internship is for you
An elite speaker series and networking opportunity for Washington-based interns
"Students are drawn to AIPAC because of the way AIPAC treats the students..."
—Gadi Rouache, Senior at Washington University in St. Louis
